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Fecking ESB!

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  • 27-08-2012 2:04pm
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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭


    Did anyone just lose power for about 1 second? These days a second is all it takes to shut a PC down :mad:


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    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Yup, but we're Cherrymount heads so...


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    kensutz
    Registered Users Posts: 9,190 ✭✭✭kensutz


    Yep, Cherrymount


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    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,112 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Went off for about 2 seconds. I'm in Collins ave.


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    south
    Registered Users Posts: 1,637 ✭✭✭south


    twice in Johns hill


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    xFROSTY Gx
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭xFROSTY Gx


    Twice in Earlscourt aswel


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    #7
    kensutz
    Registered Users Posts: 9,190 ✭✭✭kensutz


    and again :mad:


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    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    feck sake thats twice!


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    #9
    thomasm
    Registered Users Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭thomasm


    just lost it for a couple of seconds in the city too


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    old gregg
    Registered Users Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    twice in Grange. I guess anyone who doesn't have spike protection or a UPS might consider keeping the PC off for a bit just in case.


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    #11
    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    I think we've established its all over the town anyway.


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Just when I was getting my Waterford Search Engine and the new Waterford website ready for launch. :) Two outages - it is irritating having to reboot about 10 boxes. Maybe I should use Dreamweaver instead of writing the code by hand.

    Regards...jmcc


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    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭deisemum


    Happened twice in Viewmount. My husband was in the shower and the water stopped so we thought the shower must be faulty and was tripping things.


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    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    No power loss out on the industrial estate anyways.
    7a419_haha-nelson.jpg


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    ComfyKnickers
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭ComfyKnickers


    jmcc wrote: »
    Just when I was getting my Waterford Search Engine and the new Waterford website ready for launch. :) Two outages - it is irritating having to reboot about 10 boxes. Maybe I should use Dreamweaver instead of writing the code by hand.

    Regards...jmcc

    What?


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    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    ComfyKnickers wrote: »
    What?
    Language of wizards etc. :) I've been building a search engine of Waterford websites (approximately 1810 of them so far). I was typing text for the website to go with that search engine and when the power-outs hit, I lost some of the text that I had entered.

    Regards...jmcc


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    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    :mad: for the first

    :mad: :mad: for the second

    Painted a wall, hopefully they've sorted that out.


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    MitchKoobski
    Registered Users Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭MitchKoobski


    Created chaos here.

    It shut a PS3 off mid-update and someone has forgotten every password. Glad I bought my own ages ago.


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    spookwoman
    Registered Users Posts: 9,938 ✭✭✭spookwoman


    Went off a few times in grantstown. Thankfully no corruption on computers


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    Not The Real Scarecrow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭Not The Real Scarecrow


    Feckin' Chinese Lanterns at it again.


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    #21
    TheGormog
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭TheGormog


    Too many TV cameras plugged in out in Ballybeg.


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    #22
    7upfree
    Registered Users Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭7upfree


    JEEZ. Lighten up. How often does it go off???


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    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    I'm just glad the ESB works on the Carrickphierish Rd. look to be finally over, they were re-tarmacing the road this evening. I don't know what they were doing, but it took forever, some pain in the hole to hit 2 sets of slow lights where there were none before, especially as I might pass through there 3 times a day.


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    Professey Chin
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    Jason Todd wrote: »
    I'm just glad the ESB works on the Carrickphierish Rd. look to be finally over, they were re-tarmacing the road this evening. I don't know what they were doing, but it took forever, some pain in the hole to hit 2 sets of slow lights where there were none before, especially as I might pass through there 3 times a day.

    This drove me nuts. And you were almost guaranteed to get stuck at them both with whatever arse about ways the timers were


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    #25
    seven_eleven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭seven_eleven


    This used to happen once or twice every single week where I lived for over a year back in 2011. I complained to them and it was fixed fairly quickly. You should give them a call (dont email, it will take forever for them to get back to you).


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    ComfyKnickers
    Registered Users Posts: 353 ✭✭ComfyKnickers


    7upfree wrote: »
    JEEZ. Lighten up. How often does it go off???


    Geddit?? :D:D


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    #27
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    The 1 or 2 sec is the time the SCADA takes to cut in. A couple of years ago the outage would have been at least 2 hours. Quit moaning and be thankful supply was restored so quickly.


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    #28
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Great! but that's a bit like saying "the airbag saved your face" when I'd be more concerned at why the crash happened.


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    #29
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Appears it messed up one of my clients devices anyway! Its a gonner! :)


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    #30
    jmcc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭jmcc


    Sully wrote: »
    Appears it messed up one of my clients devices anyway! Its a gonner! :)
    Did you try replacing the PSU? Sometimes cheap power supplies get taken out by this kind of thing. Though harddrives can also be affected.

    Regards...jmcc


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    jmcc wrote: »
    Did you try replacing the PSU? Sometimes cheap power supplies get taken out by this kind of thing. Though harddrives can also be affected.

    Regards...jmcc

    Its a NAS Box but I think we will go down the cloud route rather than replacing it. The NAS boxes are around 80euro or so on Komplett. Will test the HDDs tomorrow and see how they fair, but a look at Komplett and there not as cheap as they once were anyway.


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